Posted By
Fred
Jun 09, 2019 06:21
After narrowly and heartbreakingly failing to qualify for this year's FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team now turns its attention towards 2023, as the long journey begins with an attempt to qualify first for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021, starting November 2019. The draw took place on Saturday, June 8, with Lebanon - named top seed in its group on May 31st - falling into a relatively easy group D, alongside Iraq , India…
Posted By
Fred
Jun 09, 2019 08:21
It's heartbreaking to read, but it is true. Founded in 1976, one of Lebanon's most prominent NGOs, performing social services for the welfare of Lebanese kids with disability, Sesobel is giving it one final push before closing its doors by the end of this month - perhaps for good - after struggling dearly with financial conditions. In a statement published by the NGO on June 7, a series of drastic changes confirmed an ongoing crisis…
Beirut
5 years ago
A joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, Sunexpress, a company based between Germany and Turkey, has taken over where broken Germania left off in February, compensating for the loss of direct flights made by ...
Animals & Wildlife
5 years ago
After almost a two-week chase, the monkey that escaped from a farm South of Lebanon into Israel was finally captured and sent back to Nun Béatrice Mauger via the UN. The vervet monkey, named Tachtouch, ...
Critiques
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DW shared a two-minute video showing excerpts from the latest Ramadan TV shows where women are being abused by their husbands or parents, and explaining how these shows are helping normalize domestic abuse against women. ...
Critiques
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I’m still finding it hard to believe that one man was able to plan Tripoli’s attack yesterday but what was unseen before during this attack, and I’m not sure it’s a good thing, was the ...
Lebanon
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Pilot Amanda Harrison was set to fly her 1942 Tiger Moth (DH82a) from the UK to Darwin in Australia, crossing over 9,260 nautical Miles and 23 countries in 30 days. The journey was aimed at ...
Critiques
5 years ago
The indoor smoking ban was first implemented back in 2012 but it turned out to be an epic failure. In 2015, Health Minister Wael Abu Faour promised he will make sure the law is enforced ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
It might not come as a surprise that in Lebanon, even in the world of tennis, to thrive and move forward, players have to fly under another flag to reach higher grounds. This is what ...
Opinions/critiques
5 years ago
A Beirut-based research consultancy firm published statistics for the year 2019 regarding the number of Lebanese leaving the country for good, and over 57,000 Lebanese are expected to leave the country by end of 2019, ...
